Spring oiler



July 10, 1923.-

E. W. LEECH, JR

SPRING OILER Fil ed March 29'. 1922 I Jii; azfcitizen-iofit invented certain new and? use-11111 Patented 11115110, 1923.

. srnme meme 1 t t" L es v he llnitedx'gtatesgr "iding j atjBaitimore; incthe StateoPMary-land; have merits-in Spring-03ers; an: do er 'clare th'e folldwing't be a;- 11 1 exact deseripeemo the en will ienablfothers se ne it appertains remake and nseithe sanie. 1 1 M invention slates to"spri'ng"oilers.'x

m sif h ie he 'Tb sprovide an oilerwhich can"b readr y a plied to the ordinary. learasprings efn: p o edin-vehic'less p I provide an .oiler which can be readily removed from the spring for the urpose of cleaning and the insertlon of new oil dis pensing material. I v i Toprovide an oiler whichcan bereadily refilled without removal from the leaf p i g- .4. These and other objects of my invention will be explained in the follo wing specification, reference being had to the accompany- 1 ing drawings, and the means b" which said ob ect are efiectuate'd will e definitely pointed out in the claims. p

In the drawings Figure I s a side view of a leaf spring equipped with a pair of my improved oil'ers.

' ig. 2 is an enlarged section along theline 22 in Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows. y A

F ig. 3 is a detail'view of one of the oiling mem ers shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view 0 theparts shown in Fig. 2 looking inthedirection of the arrow 4 in said figure, the spring 10 'beingomitted. F ig. "5 is a section along the line 5+-5 in Fig. 3 looking in the directionof the arrows, the distributing means for the oil being omitted. y Fig. 6 is a view of the membershown in Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrow 6insaidfigure. Fig. 7 is a partial view of the link 21 when iewe2d in the direction ofthearrow 45in ig. 8 is a view of the link 'bar 26 when viewed in the direction of the arrow 4 in Fig. 2. In the drawings: j 1' 10 is a spring having the usual plurality ofleaves and 11 are oiling members of my improved oiler, one of whichis applied to V summer tn-nongnmgror BAL'riMonE.Mnmrmmnwj ,1 I f};

roves-iof jinv'en w re b rcrrea access" I h I M I b 'rfilwithoatreinzivingth ssnie'ffronij tne, Y The reservoir 12 is provided with afscr'ew hole closed'by thescrevv .18 to 'i v for introducing boil within .oiler is as follows I g The link .21 is to be placed upon the top 5 of the spring 10 and thelmembers ll introg duced Within the 'slots22. When the meni 2 hers, 11 are introduced'within the slots 22 the inclinesyl passover the topsof thein-f clines20. The bottoms of -the'members omen: it.

4 .is. the means Pe l-" ane he interibr. oftiiei in spring 10.

provide means ?..l'eservo r'- p.75 Near the top l e -11 inclines 19 19 are provided which rest against inclines such as 20 20 provided on each end of the link 21. The link 21is providedwith a slot 22 for a purpose hereinafterexplained.

The member 11 is' pr'ovided at lower 1 ,f.

end with a recess 23 having the inclinedsu'ra P V face -24 against whichr'ests the incline 25 formed on the end of'the locking bar'26.

The, spring 27 mounted between the locking bar 26 and'the leaf spring" 10 serves-to press the inclines 25-25 against the inclines 3 The bar 26 is provided with a i i i g 28 extending around thesame in'o'rdeftof prevent displacement of the spring 27.

Themanner of use of are then to be moved outwardly sufficiently" to allow the ends of the locking bar {26;tobe placed within the recesses23L The spring f 27 is to be inplace on the'bar26 when the ends of the latter are plaoed g-withinsaid. Y

recesses. The lower ends'of itheimembers 11 are then to be moved inwardlyand when so my improved spring sure of the spring 27 actingflthroughthe in-v thewick 14 contacts with the sides ofthe I the bar 26is released,'the downward presleaf spring 10 and the downward pressure f e e l ne 11 pon the eelie s -20 v2.

on the spring 10, it is to be understood that any number of such oilers may be applied,

to a spring. It is also to be noted that'all the pressures applied to the spring 10 by my improved oiler are yielding so that the normal operation of the spring 10 is not affected. v

While I have shown one embodiment of m invention it, is to be understood that it 7 is for purposes'of illustrationonly, for many changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Iv claim 1. In a spring oiler, the combination with a leaf spring, of oiling members mounted on thesides thereof, each of said members com, prising a reservoir for 011 and means for dis tributing the oil to said spring and compressible dust guards mounted in said members to; shield sald means.

2. In a spring oiler, the combination with 'ale'af spring, a link bearing on the top of said spring, "oiling"members comprising means for oiling said spring each slldably connected at one end to sald link, a locking bar slidably connected to the other ends of said members and a spring for pressing said link and members towards said leaf spring.

3.. In a spring oiler, the. combination with a leaf spring, a link mounted on the top of said spring, inclines on said link, oiling members comprising means for. oiling said spring, inclines at one end for resting on the inclines on said link and inelines at the'other end, 'a'lockin'g bar comprising inclines rest-,.

ing upon said last named inclines, and a spring for pressing corresponding inclines together, where-by saidoiling members are yieldingly held uponsaid leafspring. is p In testimony whereof, I aflix. my signature. EDWARD LEECH, J n. 

